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VietNamNet Bridge - As the supply of apartments is now large, many apartment owners have decided to earn extra money from renting apartments by the hour, though it is not allowed by current law. It's easy to find apartments available for rent by the hour It is easy to find apartments available for rent by the hour. Facebook pages of groups of apartment residents have ads with detailed information about apartments – the area, location and characteristics. Landlords sometimes even show the interior decor of apartments for clients’ choice. Apartments for hourly rent are mostly available at Vinhomes Central Park, Saigon Pearl in Binh Thanh district and Novaland in district 4. The rental is quoted in US dollars. The rates are rents for entire apartments. Meanwhile, those who share apartments with others only have to pay $25 a day only. If guests want to rent by the hour, they would have to pay less, but no less than $20 for two hours. RELATED NEWS Exploring … [Read more...] about Apartments for rent by hour plentiful in HCMC

An Aretha Franklin poster signed by fans is seen outside the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on August 29, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan. — AFP PhotoViet Nam News CHICAGO — The five-bedroom home outside Detroit where the late Aretha Franklin lived for two decades has been put up for sale for US$800,000. The Queen of Soul lived in the 4,148-square foot brick mansion from the late 1990s until she moved to a downtown Detroit condominium building during the last year of her life, according to US media reports. Franklin, who grew up singing in her father’s Detroit church and used her explosive voice to power such songs as Respect and (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, died on August 16 of cancer after a legendary six-decade career. Her two-story home, which features a marble-floored kitchen and a sauna, is located in a gated community in Bloomfield Township. The suburb was identified by Bloomberg as the most expensive real estate market in the … [Read more...] about Aretha Franklin’s home up for sale for $800,000

Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group insisted Friday the Premier League club is not for sale after details emerged of a failed £2 billion ($2.6 billion) takeover bid from a cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour. Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group said the club is not for sale AFP/Paul ELLIS Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group insisted Friday (Aug 24) the Premier League club is not for sale after details emerged of a failed £2 billion (US$2.6 billion) takeover bid from a cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour. Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reported that Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nehayan approached the club over several months in late 2017 and into early 2018. He then made the £2 billion offer that would have been the most expensive takeover in the history of the game. Liverpool - 18-times English champions - said the club was still open to new outside investment but is not for sale. Britain's Press Association said it … [Read more...] about Liverpool ‘not for sale’ after £2 billion bid

Thien’s apartment was in a prime area with a view of the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thao Dien Ward, District 2. He could have sold it for VND5.5 billion ($236,000) to a foreign buyer, but had to sell to a local investor for VND5 billion ($215,000) because the 30 percent cap of foreign ownership had already been reached. Like Thien, Luong bought a high-end apartment on Ha Noi Highway, District 2, in 2017, and sold it to a foreigner early 2018. It was after the contract was signed that he learnt that the foreign ownership cap had been reached. It took him another month to find a Vietnamese buyer for lower profits. The amended Housing Law 2014 expanded foreigners' rights to buy housing in Vietnam but stipulates a foreign ownership cap of 30 percent in each project. Savills Vietnam director Matthew Powell said that many apartment projects in HCMC have reached the 30 percent foreign ownership limit since last year, especially in expat dense areas. Song Hai, an … [Read more...] about East Saigon running out of apartments for sale to foreigners

Workers view a design of a complex containing affordable apartments and offices for trade unions. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Trí Viet Nam News TIỀN GIANG — The Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang will start construction of affordable apartments for workers and offices for trade unions at industrial parks next month, according to Tiền Giang Province’s Confederation of Labour. The complex will cover more than three hectares in Mỹ Tho city’s Trung An Commune near Mỹ Tho Industrial Park and Trung An Industrial Cluster. It will include 12 five-storey blocks, two 12-storey blocks and 70 apartments. In the complex, more than 1,000 apartments will be sold to workers for around VNĐ5 million (US$216) per square metre. They will pay by month, quarter or year over a 20-year period. Eligible workers must be members of trade unions of companies in the province’s industrials parks; live in poor or near-poor households, and on the … [Read more...] about Tiền Giang to build affordable apartments for workers

The apartments for sale segment in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City saw a downturn in the first half of the year. Impacted by increasing supply sources, the apartments for sale segment in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City saw a downturn in the first half of this year. The Ho Chi Minh City market welcomed an additional 6,109 condominium units in the first half, a decrease of 36 per cent year-on-year. Ho Chi Minh City saw 36 per cent fewer new launches in the first half than last year The mid-end segment witnessed the biggest decrease in new launches in the second quarter, with a fall of 62 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 52 per cent year-on-year. The reason for this downturn, according to Thanh Pham, senior manager of CBRE Vietnam, was the impact of the fire at the end of March which has put a strong focus on safety in condominium projects and made the process of obtaining the relevant safety certificates more stringent. This incident also made many buyers hesitant to buy units … [Read more...] about Apartments for sale on downturn in first half of 2018

New procedures for sales promotions remain complicatedBy Ngoc Lan Customers are seen buying goods at a supermarket. Businesses have complained new procedures for sales promotion programs are still complicated - PHOTO: TL HANOI – New procedures for sales promotion programs are still complicated, as seen in a number of new Government decrees drafted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, businesses have complained. This is in contrast with the fact that the Government praised the ministry last year for simplifying and eliminating 675 procedures. In May this year, the ministry officially approved a comprehensive plan for further simplifying a host of administrative procedures and investment and business conditions within the ministry’s jurisdiction. This is the first effort toward administrative procedure simplification in 2018 and the third of its kind for the industry and trade sector. However, some new decrees have made doing business more difficult. On May 22, … [Read more...] about New procedures for sales promotions remain complicated

Mid-range apartments will remain dominant in the market. The supply of townhouses and villas shows signs of decline. — Photo batdongsan.com.vn The real estate market in HCM City will continue to grow in the second quarter of this year, with particularly strong supply of apartments as about 10,000 apartments are open for sale. The growth forecast was made by the Viet Nam Association of Property Brokerage, under Viet Nam Real Estate Association (VNREA). The market tends to develop low-cost condominiums in the surrounding districts, while apartment prices in the central areas continue to rise due to limited supply. By the end of the first quarter this year, the number of apartments for sale advertised by investors was nearly 34,000 units (of which nearly 19,370 units have not officially opened), nearly equal to the number of apartments offered for the entire year of 2017. It is expected that in the second quarter, about 10,000 apartments will be officially offered to the market. … [Read more...] about HCMC sees 10,000 apartments for sale in Q2

VietNamNet Bridge - Telephone numbers, emails and addresses of millions of Vietnamese Facebookers can be bought easily. An ad posted on internet “On sale: a file comprising information about 20,000 customers who have bought cars. High quality is guaranteed for car sellers and insurance agents,” says an ad posted by a member of a group of Facebookers discussing marketing. The seller said he would only sell to the first five customers who contact him. These ads first appeared some years ago and have become more common recently. The information for sale includes names, telephone numbers, emails, residential addresses and hobbies/interests of Facebookers. Phan Van Hoi from a big media company in Hanoi said that Facebookers’ information is no longer private”. Hoi said dozens of apps have been developed to scan Facebook User IDs (UID) and get information. It costs hundreds of thousands of dong and several millions of dong a month to buy apps which he can use … [Read more...] about Apps scan and collect Facebook user information for sale

Apartments for middle-income people remain hot for consumers in the first quarter of the year. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Apartments for middle-income people remained hot for consumers, accounting for three quarters of the total apartments put on sale in the first three months of 2018. The information was released at a press conference on Hanoi’s real estate market in the first quarter of this year held by the Commercial Real Estate Services (CBRE) Vietnam Company on April 3. According to Nguyen Hoai An, Manager of Research, Consulting and Asset Management Services at CBRE Vietnam, said that in the period, a total of 8,800 apartments of 39 projects were put on sale, with the middle-income segment making up the majority. The transaction prices ranged from 800-1,500 USD per sq.m. During January-March, around 6,600 apartments were sold, up 5 percent against the same period last year. Notably, foreign investors stepped up the selling at such international markets as … [Read more...] about Apartments for middle class remain abundant